CHAP 2 J-P Flashcards
the Administrative Authority under the Department of
Health, the Department of Public Works & Highways, the Department of
Interior and Local Government, the City Mayors of Chartered Cities,
Environmeatal Management Bureau (D.E.N.R) and other government:
entities that regulate the practice of Registered & Licensed Master
Plumbers.
JURISDICTION
equipment or materials bearing a label of a listing agency.
AH labels shall be embossed, stamped or indelibly marked with stickers,
glued on the tinished product indicating the weight, specifications and logo
of the manufacturer.
LABELED
· in plumbing, a secondary pipeline. In sewerage, a common
sewer to which no other branch sewer is connected. It receives sewage from
building sewer service connections only.
LATERAL
- a water closet consisting of a continuous trough containing
water. The trough extends under two or more adjacent seats. Prohibited by
health authorities for pennanent installations.
LATRINE
a fixture designed for the washing of the hands or face.
Sometimes called a wash basin.
LAVATORY
a cesspool that is not watertight.
LEACHING CESSPOOL
- (See Conductor) - a pipe connected from building gutter to the
downspout or conductor.
LEADER
is measured along its cente-rline.
LENGTH OF PIPE
- is the discharge from any fixture, appliance or appurtenance in connection with a plumbing system which does not receive
fecal matter.
LIQUID WASTE
equipment or materials included in a LIST published by a listing
agency that maintain periodic inspection on current production of listed
equipment or materials and whose listing state either that the equipment or
materials complied with approved standards or have been tested and found
suitable for use in specified manners.
LISTED
· is an agency accepted by the Administrative
Authority in the business of listing nr labeling and which maintains a
periodic inspection program on curn~nt produc1ion of listed modefs, and
makes available a published repot1 of such listing where specific
information is included tint the product has been tested against approved
standards and found safe for use in a sp~citic manner.
LISTING AGENCY
- a pipe or shaft to convey foul air from a plumbing fixture
or a room to the outer air.
LOCAL VENT -
a vertical vent connection on a horizontal
soil or waste pipe branch at a point downstream of the last fixture
cormection and turning to a horizontal line above the highest overflow level
of the highest fixture connected thereat; the tenninus connected to the stack
vent in the case of loop venting or to the vent stack nearby in the case of
circuit venting.
LOOP OR CIRCUIT VENT
a single area of land legally recorded or validated by other means
acceptable to the Administrative Authority where a building is situated or
site of any work regulated by this Code, together with the yard, court, and
unoccupied space legally required for the building or works; and which i!
owned by or in the lawful possession of the owner of the building or works.
LOT
- see Pollution.
LOW HAZARD
any system of continuous piping, which is the principal artery of
the system where branches are connected.
MAIN
see Public Sewer.
MAIN SEWER
- the p1incipal artery of the venting system to which vem
branches are connected .
MAIN VENT
a large opening in a sewer line or part of a plumbing system
constmcted with sufficient size for a man to gain access therein for
maintenance purposes and facility for changes of line and/or grade of
pipdine .
MANHOLE
a person technically and legally qualified anc
licensed to practice the profession of Master Plumbing without limitations in
accordance with Republic Act 13 78. having passed the examinatiom
conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission, has received a
C’e.rtificate of Registration from the Board of Master Plumbing and possesses
the current license to practice.
MASTER PLUMBER
the word “may” is a permissive tenn.
MAY
that part of the horizontal piping of
sanilary drainage system which measures 0.6 meter downstream from the last
mobile home site and conveys sewage to a public sewer, private sewer,
individual sewage disposal system or other points of disposal.
MOBILE HOME PARK SEWER
National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines.
NAMPAP
includes, but is not limited to the following:
* Any public nuisance known in common law or in equity jurisprudence~
* Whenever any work regulated by this Code is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health and property~ and
* Inadequate or unsafe water supply and or sewage disposal system.
NUISANCE
hemp or old hemp rope soaked in oil or tar to make it
waterproof.
OAKUM
- the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be
used. The term shall also include the building or room housing used.
Change of occupancy is not interpreted to mean change of tenants or
proprietors.
OCCUPANCY
- in a line of piping is a combination of elbows or bends, which
brings one st..~tion of the pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the
original section.
OFFSET
- a natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns;
and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, its or their successors or
assigns or agents of any of the aforesaid
PERSON
Polybutylene. Tube made of plastic material and colored black. The
cross-sectional shape is nonnally oval and is denoted by its outside diameter
or 0.0. Nom1ally used as water service connection from main to meter.
PB
Polyethylene. Tube made of plastic material and colored black. The
cross-sectional shape is cir~lar and is denoted by its outside diameter or
O.D.
PE
a cylindrical conduit or conductor conforming to the particular
dimensions commonly known as .. pipe size, and is denoted by its interior
diameter or l.D.
PIPE
see Grade .
PITCH
the Nt and t~hnique of installing pipes, fixtures and other
apparatuses in buildings for bringing in the supply, liquids, substances and/or
ingredients and removing them~ and such water, liquid and other carriedwastes hazardous to health, sanitation, life) property~ also the pipes and
fixtures after installation i.e., the plumbing system
PLUMBING
· any one of a special class of device or
equipment intended to perform a speciaf plumbing function. Its operation
and/or control may be dependent upon one or more energ~ components,
such as motors, controls, heating elements and pressure-temperature-sensing
elements. Such device or equipment may operate automatically through one
or more of the following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a
pressure range, a measuted volume or weight~ or the device or equipment
may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or operator.
PLUMBING APPLIANCE -
a manufactured device or a prefabricated
assembly or an on-the-job assembly of component parts, and serves as adjunct
to the basic piping sy~tem and plumbing fixtures. An appurtenance demands
no additional water supply nor does it add any discharge load to a fixture or
the drainage system. It performs some useful functions in the operation,
maintenance, servicing, eccnomy or Sclfety of the plumbing system.
PLUMBING APPURTENANCE
- a sole proprietorship or corporation composed of
Registered and Licen:)ed Master Plumbers together with allied professionals,
wi.th the Master Plumbers composing the majority of the members~ip,
incorporators, directors and/or executive officers and Licensed Master
Plumber only render work and services within the cognizance of a Registered
Master PJumber and members of the allied professions also only render work
and services within the cognizance of their respective professions.
PLUMBING FIRM
are approved-type installed receptacles. devices
or appliances supplied with water or receive liquid or liquid-borne wastes and
discharge such wastes into the drainage system to which they may be directly
or indirectly connected. Jndustrial or commercial tanks, vats and similar
processing equipment are not plumbing fixtures, but may be connected to or
discharged into approved traps or plumbing fixtures as provided for jn this
Code
PLUMBING FlXTURE
the Administrative Authority or the officer
charged with the administration and enforcement of the National Plumbing
Code, or his regularly authorized deputy.
PLUMBING OFFICIAL
includes all potable water supply and distribution
pipes, ali plumbing fix.tures and traps; all sanitary and storm drainage systems~
vent pipes, roof drains, leaders and downspouts; and all building drains and
sewers, including their respective joints and connections; devices, receptacles,
and appurtenances within the property~ water lines in the premises: potable,
tap, hot and chilled watt!r pipings~ potable water treating or using equipment;
fuel gas piping; water heaters and vents for same.
PLUMBING SYSTEM -
a minimum standard quantity ofplumbing fixtures that
discharge wastes into a plumbing installation induding: one (I) water meter,
one (I) water closet, one (I) lavatory, one ( l) shower head and drain tor a
bathtub or shower stall, one ( 1) kitchen sink, one ( 1) I au ndry tray and three ( 3)
t1oor drains ~nd ~ou~ (4) faucets/hose bibb.
PLUMBING UNIT
an impairment of the quality of the water to a degree which
creates hazard to the public health and adversely affects the aesthetic and
potable qual it irs of waters for domestic usc .
POLLUTION
water satisfactory for drinking, culinary ar.d
domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Philippine National
Standards for Drinking Water.
POTABLE WATER
the normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas,
per unit of area on the wall of the container
PRESSURE·
the pressure existing without any flow motion.
STATIC PRESSURE
the pressure available at the fixture or
water outlet; allowance is made for pressure drop due to friction loss,
head, meter and other losses in the system during maximum demand
period.
RESlDUAL PRESSURE -
- of the building drain is the single sloping drain
from the base of a stack to its junction with the main building drain.
PRIMARY BRANCH
- In classification of plumbing fixtures,
“private” applies to plumbing fixtures in residences and apartments, to
private bathrooms in hotels and hospitals, to rest rooms in commercial
establishments for restricted use, single fixture or group of single fi xtures
and to similar installations where the fixtures are intended for the usc of a
family or an individual.
PRIVATE OR PRIVATE USE
a septic tank with the
effluent discharging into a subsurface disposal field, into one or more
seepage pits or into a combination of subsurface disposal field and seepage
pit or of such other facilities as may be permitted under the procedures set
forth elsewhere in this Code.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
a building sewer, which receives the discharge from
more than one building drain and conveys it to a public sewer, private
sewage disposal system, or other points of disposaL
PRIVATE SEWER -
- an outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement.
PRIVY
a pit beneath a privy where excrement collects .
PRIVY VAULT
In the classification of plumbing fixtures,
“public” or “public use” shall mean all buildings or structures that are not
defined as private or private use .
PUBLIC OR PUBLIC USE
- a common sewer directly controlled by publk
authority to which all abutters have equal rights of connections.
PUBLIC SEWER
- Polyvinyl Chloride. Potable water pipings are color-coded BLUE.
Drainpipes are manufactured with toxic components and are color-coded
gray, orange or brown.
PVC
